Programme Associate/Consultant

Deadline: 17 February 2016

Location: New York, USA

Organization: WILPF

The WILPF PeaceWomen Programme Associate will work closely with staff to develop a comprehensive message platform for our work on gender, disarmament, and human security, as part of WILPF's communication strategy. S/he will oversee the implementation of our messaging through management of our monitoring and outreach work.

The Programme Associate should be a highly motivated and politically driven individual with demonstrated skill in managing volunteers or staff and liaising with global collaborators. Priority consideration will be given to applicants with campaign experience and expertise in communicating issues of gender, security, or global politics

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Communications

• Manage outreach and communications and act as PeaceWomen liaison
• Work with PeaceWomen fellows/interns to manage, maintain, and develop the PeaceWomen website, including special features on Women, Peace and Security financing and the Global Acceleration Instrument
• Work with PeaceWomen fellows/interns to maintain/ develop our innovative resources as needed including around our WPS mobile application and Security Council Scorecard
• Act as main liaison with technical team; provide technical support for office.

Project Management

• Manage intern/fellow recruitment, orientation, and training
• Manage monitoring and evaluation projects, working with team and partners to ensure project maintenance / completion around monitoring of the Security Council, Member States, and United Nations
• Support needs assessment survey on WPS financing by working with staff to publish survey and report
• Manage data collection by fellows/interns for research project on WPS financing as part of outreach to strengthen awareness and support for reallocating military spending to gender equality and peace
• Support publication of toolkits, factsheets, lessons, lessons learned series, and/or other innovative tools around WPS financing and implementation

Operational Support

• Attend and represent PeaceWomen at events and meetings at the United Nations and among civil society
• Support fundraising proposals and reporting
• Respond to general requests to the PeaceWomen by email, mail and telephone, or delegating to, and supervising the carrying out of this responsibility by, others.
• Assist in general maintenance of the PeaceWomen programme through performance of ad hoc tasks and responsibilities as mutually agreed with the relevant supervisor.

Qualifications

• Commitment: Strong commitment to WILPF mission and vision and work for gender equality, peace and disarmament. Experience and commitment to women's rights and peace and particularly related to women, peace and security.
• Education: Masters/graduate degree preferable in Journalism, Communication, Advertising, or a related field with gender/politics experience; or: masters/graduate degree in women's rights, peace, international relations, human rights, social sciences or a related field with strong communications experience.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years of relevant work experience, including at least 3 years progressively responsible management experience

Related Skills and Knowledge

• Exceptional ability to motivate, mentor, and coordinate volunteers / trainees, and orchestrate effective communication among staff, interns/fellows, technical team, international staff, diplomatic and INGO partners, and global peace advocates
• Exemplary verbal and written communication skills in English with high attention to detail and strong organizational skills, including experience in copy editing and/or other media release writing;
• Ability to take initiative, prioritize tasks with minimal supervision, and work independently are required, as is ability to ability to work well under pressure while juggling multiple tasks simultaneously as part of a team;
• Strong computer skills: fluency in MS Office applications; experienced in managing or developing website CMS platforms (e.g., Drupal or Wordpress), traditional and social media (press releases, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram), and electronic newsletters (e.g., MailChimp); experience with mobile applications, graphic design or video production a plus;
• Ability to represent WILPF PeaceWomen through work with exemplary personal and professional authority and conduct;
• Sense of humour, and ability to show tact, diplomacy, and maturity in dealing with interns/fellows and colleagues;
• Prior research and analysis experience and fluency in language other than English a plus.
• Other: Applicants for this position must possess current US work authorization valid from start date.

How to apply:

To be considered for the WILPF PeaceWomen Programme Associate, applicants should submit the following documents to: uno.wilpf@gmail.com. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. The subject of the e-mail should be "PeaceWomen Programme Associate/ Consultant" and all documents should be combined into one PDF or DOCX file.

• CV or Resume indicating education, relevant past activities and experience
• Cover Letter (1 page, single-spaced), including date available (please note: we prefer 1 March start date)
• 3 References, including names and contact information
• Writing Sample (no more than 5 pages), addressing an issue related to women, peace, and security demonstrating ability to write in short, clear, and concrete language (may be an excerpt of longer work)

No phone calls please. Please e-mail uno.wilpf@gmail.com with any questions. Thank you!